Behind the Scenes of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 

Seing "Snape" smile really warms my heart omg

In my humble opinion, Alfonso's take on the prisioner of azkaban was genius. This is by far my favorite HP movie, it's so well made! I love the photography, the sets, the ambience and design, the costumes and hair, the music, everything! This movie is a gem!

The atmosphere of this film is unlike any of the rest of the series. It is wicked, crooked, witchy, cheeky, folky, ancient... The way magic is supposed to feel.

This man has won 2 oscars, imagine if he had directed all the films, they would've been perfect

Alfonso: "You're going to see footprints leading to that rock." Emma: "Yeah. Why is that?" Alfonso: "Because he walked to that rock."

It’s been 10 years and we still want to watch this!

2021 and I still have sleepless nights wishing Alfonso would have directed the rest of the HP films. This film is an absolute masterpiece.

It's just incredible to see these adults being so delicate and passionate with the children, and surprisingly how witty the kids were, and on the ball. It truly was a masterpiece, and you can see why.

I find it so wholesome the way Emma interacts with all of the adults

i love how when Tom and Dan were practicing the great hall scene there was just nobody in there cuz it makes it all the more awkward lol

The farting part was hilarious. I had tears in my eyes. Especially when Michael Gambon was just trying to finish saying his lines while pausing every time he heard farting noise and still going on saying his lines. Hilarious.

5:24 snape’s smile is precious 🥺

the most underrated yet most beautiful looking film of the series.

Who agrees this is the best harry potter movie?

Fun fact the director asked the three to write an essay about there character’s and Emma wrote 10 pages Daniel wrote 1 page and Rupert write nothing

Imagine being in control of and directing hundreds of actors and crew (a lot of which are children), all the while creating some of the masterpieces of this century. Props to the director - amazing job!

His energy as a director is incredible. The kind of positivity and excitement that rubs off on the cast

I love how fresh these comments are. Btw i’m also going to watch all the movies again now...

I'm always shocked at seeing how different the experience of making a movie is from watching the finished product. Without the special effects , music and being surrounded by a large crew it's amazing they are able to block everything out. I saw a behind the scenes from the first movie and I'm shocked they're just kids how on earth to they pull off being the leads in a feature movie? All the adults are with all the experience are the supporting cast.

The year when everyone looked beautiful

The best part about this video is Alan Rickman breaking character during the prank

Daniel Radcliffe is more of book Harry than actual movie Harry

7:58 Rupert just standing there is so fucking funny to me

9:42 percy hair is a legend

I'd die happy if Emma and Alfonso worked together again... their working dynamic in HP was so sweet! Too bad Emma isn't acting as much anymore and Alfonso only wakes up once every 6 years to get another Oscar and then vanish from the face of the Earth

0:26 lmao Dan is so inpatient

Harry look so good in the hood 😭✋ 8:24

What most people forget is that the director is actually doing the hardest work since is responsible for each characters acting. Cuarón did a fabulous job!

Seeing the Dursley’s smiling and not bullying Harry warm my soul.

My favourite film in the series, Alfonso did a wonderful job, I wish he and Christopher Columbus directed more of the films as they stayed more true to the books then the rest of the directors did.

I completely adore Cuaron’s directions for Dumbledore- that’s the moment when you realise that the man had done his research and knows how the characters act and wanted to show it to us

What a quote, man! "When you have expectations, things don't work. When it comes from your heart or from your own energy, that's when it happens". I suppose he means magic. ❤️

Dumbledore : "Let them swim in the deepest ocean, or fly over the highest cloud" Also Dumbledore : "He's awake"

cuaron always looks so excited and full of ideas! i loved how he let the kids put a great impact on their own characters

3:00 even behind the scenes this scene is so freaking creepy

Alfonso Cuaron’s take on directing potter was absolute genius. Love that he got the three leading stars to do an essay about their characters. Shame this was the final Harry Potter film to be composed by John Williams. This and Order of the Phoenix are the best Harry Potter films in my opinion.

12:24 - Kinda sounds like he's laughing. He definitely sounds too happy in any case.

Lockhart: I have the most charming smile! Snape: *Hold my page 394*

God has it already been 17 years sense this movie came out, honestly this movie and the book and the most underrated out of the series. Also I can’t lie it makes me cry watching these movies and seeing the actors grow up through them and with us

11:02 this is so cute lol. I love Emma.

3:37 aww Emma didn’t want to go to school 😂so cute

I can’t stop watching the “Pottah, POTTAH! Is it true you fainted? I mean you actually fainted?” scene I just love Tom so much 😂🥰

Alfonso looks like the kind of dude that would've been friends with Sirius and Remus

Damn watching this just makes me amazed with director Cuaròns input and direction… He has an incredible vision and a clear powerful way to put it across. This guy is talented skilled and confident.

10:55 WHY DID THIS MAKE ME LAUGH Emma: What if I get squeamish? Director: Squeamish means? Emma: Well I'm carrying dead ferrets on my shoulder

The best Harry and Ron version. They should've put this hairstyle on daniel and Rupert in every series

You know what, i've just found a new appreciation to the director after watching this, they work so hard behind the scenes to make sure everything's perfect

Hagrid saying “I’m a plumber really, it’s my first day” at 5:19 😂 And then seeing Dumbledore dance in between the kids at 5:27 😭😭

He was the Best Director in Harry Potter Series ... He should have continued

There's one really noticeable part in Goblet of Fire where Gambon (Dumbledore) gets all angry and runs at Harry grabbing him by the scruff of the neck after his name comes out as a champion. It just felt totally out of character. Dumbledore is the kind of guy who is mysteriously calm even in the most dire situations, because he knows how powerful he is. For instance when Umbridge tries to have him sent to Azkaban.

Best movie in the whole saga imo. Alfonso did such an amazing job.

No one: Me when my mom is giving me a lecture and repeating it all over again: 0:26

6:24 *oh no* *oh no* *oh no no no no no*

12:39 the cutest scene

12:44 Gary is so cute！

I cant get over this scene 2:24 Draco:Pottah! POTTAH😂😂😂

10:58 - Ah those days when selfies were taken by cameras, and not the phone!

Can we agree that harry looks fire in this movie

This was my favorite book and movie from the whole series, thank you for putting this whole thing together!

I love this there are barely any of behind the scenes with Alfonso in them. I just admire how he directs the actors, it's amazing

It’s so sad the movies endes 10 years ago😢

Cuaron is so obviously invested in each scene it's amazing !!!!

idk why I just can't stop watching Harry Potter every single vacation I have love it

14:20 Is no one talking about how on point that clap is?! Like what are the odds of that?

'I'm a plumber really, this is my first day.' I am dying rn lmao

1:00 A genuinely smiling aunt Petunia :)

The Dumbledore in that movie is so on point. Exactly bizzare and warm as I imagined him to be

Rupert: I got a pigeon sound i got a pigeon sound 😃 *countinues to make wierd tribe noises*

The way the actors and alfonso cuaron interact with each other is so nice and they seem to get on and understand each other really well, I wish he'd directed all the remaining movies as well

The Prisoner of Azkaban holds s special place in my heart. I remember being 14 and going with my best friend to the movies back in 2004.

Wait a second, wtf hapened at 8:17? DID THEY JUST DO REAL MAGIC ON SET??!

10:18 Look at Emma and Tom ❤️

I'd love to somehow experience Alfonzo Cuaron's vision for the last few Harry Potters. I guarantee he makes a more compelling 7 pt1 and I can see a lot of scenes being much darker and his artistry would have been able to show much more in a less episodic story than Azkaban.

Best harry potter movie for me. I like the visuals and camera work.

idk why but these scenes are so awkward without special effects

0:26 OKAYYYYY

I still can't get over how they had Harry use magic to read his book at the Dursley's in the opening sequence, when they damn well know, that he'd be (threatened to be) kicked out of the school.

wow even Lupin's back is practical! I'm so glad Harry Potter was filmed back when practical effects were still considered, idk what the word is, but like artistic and prideful even if not ideal. there's just something about practical effects that looks more real in some unique ways.

6:13 Snape Smiling 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 and Harry too.

Really wished Cuarón could've directed more of the series instead of David Yates. David Yates had four attempts to direct and couldn't get the aspect of structure, flow, emotion etc that Cuarón did which is a shame. :/

Man I love these practical effects, don’t get me wrong I have mad respect for the level of cgi we’ve achieved now but looking back I really love the creativity of all of this. Super fun to watch this process.

The fart machine prank was hilarious 🤣

The Prisoner of Azkaban is one of my favorite ones! Absolutely brilliant film.

6:22 Daniel Radcliffe: They have put a fart machine, into my sleeping bag.

best hp movie ever. the athmosphere, character design and every detail take you into the world of hp.

Truly my favorite movie in all series, it's not just about time travelling but the cinematic pov is ridiculously insane, the long shots, the geography of hogwarts, a darker theme than the first two films which suits the grim-awful-rainy-day feeling it reflects the narrative which has many more dark moments, it deals with dark creatures that represent depression and other scary creatures, talk of murder and it dives into darker, and deeper places for the characters, and where Harry's hair looked the way its supposed to, accurately, jk. Well, the downfall of this was they didn't give much the marauder's a back story though but overall, a very well made series, it makes the movie a stand on its own from all other series, and a cinematic masterpiece by Alfonso

10:09 Dan: 👍🏻😁👍🏻 Rupert: 🙂🚶

At 2:28, acting doesn't seem as fun as I thought I'd be, if you had to do the scene over and over again, all day, kind of alone in a big empty hall.

I think something remains to be said about how Alfonso empowered the creativity in the young actors in this film. Look how stunned they all sound when he encourages them to ‘try it!’ ‘That’s really good!’

Man, I love how playful and fun it all looks. It really makes you wish you were there with them😫

Alfonso Cuaron did such a great job on this movie, I'm disapointed that he didn't direct some of the others.

Rupert is such a good actor

6:08 the fart machine and Snape’s smile :3

Thanks the wonderful team of Harry Potter for making my childhood fascinating and exciting.

better known as when all the boys in the cast had a crush on emma

0:26 dan:okayyyyyy me: dan why are you so impatient edit:ok i didnt expect 200+ likes

That's so grievous that great actors keep on leaving this world😔 RIP sir Michael Gambon🕊️

Everything about Harry Potter 3 is good and so perfect! Its one of those movies that you enjoy to watch over and over again! All the directing,the atmosphere of the movie,the medieval soundtrack,the way the plot twist was building up,the performance from the actors,the mature factor of the movie! Alfonso Cuaron is a hero !

Lmfao I love Gary Oldman as Sirius 😹

The laugh in 12:30 after cut was so adorable HAHA